• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.398.1-398.1
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• 2014

The $Cu_2ZnSnSe_4$ (CZTSe) thin films solar cell is one of the next generation candidates for photovoltaic materials as the absorber of thin film solar cells because it has optimal bandgap (Eg=1.0eV) and high absorption coefficient of $10^4cm^{-1}$ in the visible length region. More importantly, CZTSe consists of abundant and non-toxic elements, so researches on CZTSe thin film solar cells have been increasing significantly in recent years. CZTSe thin film has very similar structure and properties with the CIGS thin film by substituting In with Zn and Ga with Sn. In this study, As-deposited CZTSe thin films have been deposited onto soda lime glass (SLG) substrates at different deposition condition using Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technique without post-annealing process. The effects of deposition conditions (deposition time, deposition temperature) onto the structural, compositional and optical properties of CZTSe thin films have been investigated, without experiencing selenization process. The XRD pattern shows that quaternary CZTSe films with a stannite single phase. The existence of (112), (204), (312), (008), (316) peaks indicates all films grew and crystallized as a stannite-type structure, which is in a good agreement with the diffraction pattern of CZTSe single crystal. All the films were observed to be polycrystalline in nature with a high (112) predominant orientation at $2{\theta}{\sim}26.8^{\circ}$. The carrier concentration, mobility, resistivity and optical band gap of CZTSe thin films depending on the deposition conditions. Average energy band gap of the CZTSe thin films is about 1.3 eV.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.328-333
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• 2011

The influence of Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films degraded under high temperature and damp heat on the performance deterioration of Cu(In,Ga)$Se_2$ (CIGS) solar cells was investigated. CIGS solar cells with AZO/CdS/CIGS/Mo structure were prepared on glass substrate and exposed to high temperature ($85^{\circ}C$) and damp heat ($85^{\circ}C$/85% RH) for 1000 h. As-prepared CIGS solar cells had 64.91% in fill factor (FF) and 12.04% in conversion efficiency. After exposed to high temperature, CIGS solar cell had 59.14% in FF and 9.78% in efficiency, while after exposed to damp heat, it had 54.00% in FF and 8.78% in efficiency. AZO thin films in the deteriorated CIGS solar cells showed increases in resistivity up to 3.1 times and 4.4 times compared to their initial resistivity after 1000 h of high temperature and damp heat exposure, respectively. These results can be explained by the decreases in carrier concentration and mobility due to diffusion or adsorption of oxygen and moisture in AZO thin films. It can be inferred that decreases in FF and conversion efficiency were caused by an increase in series resistance, which resulted from an increase in resistivity of AZO thin films degraded under high temperature and damp heat.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.222-224
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• 2006

A non-vacuum process for $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$ (CIGS) thin film solar cells from nanoparticle precursors was described in this work CIGS nanoparticle precursors was prepared by a low temperature colloidal route by reacting the starting materials $(CuI,\;InI_3,\;GaI_3\;and\;Na_2Se)$ in organic solvents, by which fine CIGS nanoparticles of about 20nm in diameter were obtained. The nanoparticle precursors were mixed with organic binder material for the rheology of the mixture to be adjusted for the doctor blade method. After depositing the mixture of CIGS with binder on Mo/glass substrate, the samples were preheated on the hot plate in air to evaporate remaining solvents ud to burn the organic binder material. Subsequently, the resultant (porous) CIGS/Mo/glass simple was selenized in a two-zone Rapid Thermal Process (RTP) furnace in order to get a solar ceil applicable dense CIGS absorber layer. Complete solar cell structure was obtained by depositing. The other layers including CdS buffer layer, ZnO window layer and Al electrodes by conventional methods. The resultant solar cell showed a conversion efficiency of 0.5%.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2010

The effect of hydrogen in the alumina gate insulator on the bottom gate oxide thin film transistor (TFT) with an InGaZnO film as the active layer was investigated. TFT with more H-containing alumina films (TFT A) fabricated via atomic layer deposition using a water precursor showed higher stability under positive and negative bias stresses than that with less H-containing alumina deposited using ozone (TFT B). While TFT A was affected by the pre-vacuum annealing of GI, which resulted in $V_{th}$ instability under NBS, TFT B did not show a difference after the pre-vacuum annealing of GI. All the TFTs showed negative-bias-enhanced photo instability.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2015

Solution-derived amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film-transistor (TFTs) were developed using a microwave irradiation treatment at low process temperature below $300^{\circ}C$. Compared to conventional furnace-annealing, the a-IGZO TFTs annealed by microwave irradiation exhibited better electrical characteristics in terms of field effect mobility, SS, and on/off current ratio, although the annealing temperature of microwave irradiation is much lower than that of furnace annealing. The microwave irradiated TFTs showed a smaller $V_{th}$ shift under the positive gate bias stress (PGBS) and negative gate bias stress (NGBS) tests owing to a lower ratio of oxygen vacancies, surface absorbed oxygen molecules, and reduced interface trapping in a-IGZO. Therefore, microwave irradiation is very promising to low-temperature process.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.4.2-4.2
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• 2009

산화아연 (ZnO)으로 대표되는 산화물반도체는 최근 다양한 비정질 산화물반도체들이 개발되고 있고 높은 이동도와 저온공정 등의 장점으로, 실리콘 기반 박막소자 (비정질-Si, 또는 다결정-Si(LTPS) 트랜지스터)를 대체할 차세대 박막 트랜지스터 (Thin-Film Transistor)의 핵심소재로 관심을 모으고 있다. 또한, 산화물 반도체는 근본적으로 투명하므로, 투명 전극 및 투명 기판재료와 함께 투명 디스플레이도 구현시킬 수 있을 것이다. 그렇지만, 핵심 전자소재로서 향후 디스플레이 및 디바이스에 성공적으로 적용되기 위해서는 소자의 특성 뿐만아니라, 전기적 신뢰성(reliability)을 강화시킬 필요가 있다. 본 발표에서는 In-Ga-Zn-oxide (IGZO), Zn-Sn-oxide (ZTO), Zn-In-Sn-oxide (ZITO) 및 도핑원소를 첨가한 소재에 이르기까지 다양한 산화물 반도체 소재 기술과 소자의 신뢰성 향상을 위한 기술 등을 소개할 것이다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.143-145
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• 2016

In order to find suitable source and drain (S/D) electrodes for amorphous InGaZnO thin film transistors (a-IGZO TFTs), the specific contact resistance of interface between the channel layers and various S/D electrodes, such as Ti/Au, a-IZO and multilayer of a-IGZO/Ag/a-IGZO, was investigated using the transmission line model. The a-IGZO TFTs with a-IGZO/Ag/a-IGZO of S/D electrodes had good performance and low contact resistance due to the homo-junction with channel layer. The stability was measured with different electrodes by a positive bias stress test. The result shows the a-IGZO TFTs with a-IGZO/Ag/a-IGZO electrodes were more stable than other devices.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.149-151
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• 2006

Cu계 $I-III-VI_2$화합물은 직접천이형 반도체로 광흡수계수가 매우 높아 박막형 태양전지 제조에 매우 유리하다. 또한 화학적으로 안정하며 Ga, Al 등을 첨가하면 에너지 금지대폭을 조절할 수 있어 Wide Bandgap 태양전지 및 탠덤구조 태양전지를 제조하기에도 용이하다 $CulnSe_2(CIS)$ 물질에서 In을 20-30% 정도 치환한 $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2(CIGS)$ 태양전지의 경우 19.5%의 세계 최고 효율을 보고하고 있으며 이는 다결정 실리콘 태양전지의 효율과 비슷한 수준이다. 본 연구에서는 동시 진공증발법을 이용하여 증착한 CIGS 박막을 이용하여 태양전지를 제조하였다. 공정의 재현성 및 결정립계가 큰 광흡수층 제조를 위하여 실시간 기판온도 모니터링 시스템을 도입하였으며 버퍼충으로는 용액성장한 CdS 박막을 사용하였다. SLG/MO/CIGS(CGS)/CdS/ZnO/Al 구조의 태양전지를 제조하여 면적 $0.5cm^2$에서 각각 17.5%의 효율을 얻었다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1351-1354
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• 2006

In this paper, we study the effect of substrate temperature on property of Ga doped ZnO (GZO) thin film for transparent conductive oxide (TCO).GZO thin films have been deposited on corning glass 1737 by D.C. magnetron sputtering. We investigated the structural and electrical properties of GZO films using the X-Ray Diffractometer(XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy(FESEM) and 4-points probe .

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.928-934
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• 2002

Ga을 치환 고용시킨 ZnO(GZO) 박막을 GZO 세라믹 타켓을 사용하여 직류 마그네트론 스퍼터법에 의해 기판온도(RT, 400${\circ}C$), 잔류 $H_2O$ 분압(PH2O; 1.61${\times}10^{-4}∼2.2{\times}10^{-3}$ Pa), $H_2$ 가스 첨가(8.5%), 캐소드의 자장강도(250, 1000G)등의 다양한 조건하에서 제작했다. 기판 가열 없이 100% Ar를 사용한 경우, $P_{H_2O}$가 1.61${\times}10^{-4}$ Pa에서 2.2${\times}10^{-3}$ Pa로 증가 했을 때, 박막의 결정립 크기는 24 nm에서 3 nm로 감소했으며, 비저항은 3.0${\times}10^{-3}$에서 3.1${\times}10^{-2}{\Omega}㎝$ 로 크게 증가함을 보였다. 그러나, 8.5% $H_2$를 Ar 가스에 혼합하여 제막한 결과, GZO 박막의 전기적 특성은 $P_{H_2O}$의 증가에도 불구하고 변화 없이 나타났다. 또한 캐소드의 자장강도를 250G에서 1000G로 증가시킨 경우, GZO 박막의 결정성 및 전기적 특성은 $P_{H_2O}$와 상관없이 크게 향상되었으며, 이것은 플라즈마 임피던스의 감소에 따른 박막 손상의 감소에 기인한다고 생각된다.